I am shortly about to complete a purchase of a "new build" apartment, and 
got a tiling contractor in to give a me a quote on doing the floor in my 
bathroom.

One of the first things he said is that the developers have not left a 
standard 15mm gap between the chipboard subfloor and the base of the toilet 
and basin, as I was sort of expecting the tiles to be fitted *round* 
sanitaryware rather than *under* it!

I'm a bit worried that having to raise the sanitaryware will add to the cost 
so am considering some type of tile substitute that can be fitted *round* 
the sanitaryware - has anyone got any ideas of what I could lay which would 
not require lifting the wc & basin?

Adrian Boliston wrote:

> I am shortly about to complete a purchase of a "new build" apartment, and 
> got a tiling contractor in to give a me a quote on doing the floor in my 
> bathroom.
> 
> One of the first things he said is that the developers have not left a 
> standard 15mm gap between the chipboard subfloor and the base of the toilet 
> and basin, as I was sort of expecting the tiles to be fitted *round* 
> sanitaryware rather than *under* it!
> 
> I'm a bit worried that having to raise the sanitaryware will add to the cost 
> so am considering some type of tile substitute that can be fitted *round* 
> the sanitaryware - has anyone got any ideas of what I could lay which would 
> not require lifting the wc & basin? 


I would prefer to tile under a loo/basin than round them, but there's no 
reason why you can't do so.  Bit more cutting of funny shapes of course, 
which will take time, and might offset the time taken to 'elevate' the 
sanitaryware?  Get a quote for both versions, then you can decide.

David

In article ,
	"Adrian Boliston"  writes:

> I am shortly about to complete a purchase of a "new build" apartment, and 
> got a tiling contractor in to give a me a quote on doing the floor in my 
> bathroom.


One comment I would make is that ceramic floor tiles in a bathroom
can be slippery in wet feet, so you'll probably need a rubber backed
mat to step out onto from the bath/shower.


> One of the first things he said is that the developers have not left a 
> standard 15mm gap between the chipboard subfloor and the base of the toilet 
> and basin, as I was sort of expecting the tiles to be fitted *round* 
> sanitaryware rather than *under* it!


I think they normally go underneath, at least that's what I did, but I
fitted the floor before the loo, basin and bath were fitted.
Could you not use your "not quite completed" leverage to get the
builder to refit the bathroom after the floor is done, tell him that
the flooring contractor said this was necessary and has been done wrong?


> I'm a bit worried that having to raise the sanitaryware will add to the cost 
> so am considering some type of tile substitute that can be fitted *round* 
> the sanitaryware - has anyone got any ideas of what I could lay which would 
> not require lifting the wc & basin? 


You don't want water being able to leak into the chipboard, which
would mean any such join should be sealed.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel